Concept: provide a phone line with voicemail extension to the homeless, Katrina victims, and others without phone access, to help them in finding jobs and in being contacted by potential employers. Community Voice Mail . Only costs $7 per month.

I haven’t done psych yet, so I don’t know what this would be called, maybe OCD, but this is clearly, clearly a problem when you fill your shower with boxes of Ebay crap and sleep on a couch so your bed can be used for more Ebay boxes: Crazy eBay mom (their title, not mine).

No idea if this is legit, but I don’t know why it wouldn’t be: Graffiti Found In Pompeii . People haven’t changed much: “Satura was here on September 3;” “Celadus the Thracian gladiator is the delight of all the girls;” “Phileros is a eunuch!”

Some really great wallpapers and desktop backgrounds at joejoe’s Wallpapers .

Could broadband for everyone save almost a trillion dollars from Medicare costs? One economic analysis says yes .

250,000 Bouncy Balls Dropped On an SF Hill

The Straight Dude’s Guide to Brokeback Mountain : “You are a heterosexual man. And you have no personal beef with gay people. You’re educated and fairly socially liberal and occasionally listen to NPR and you don’t like to see anyone bashed or discriminated against. You’re no homophobe. You’re proud of yourself.” Very amusing. via Ernie

Damn. That jellyfish is huge.

I believe that there is no God. I’m beyond atheism. Atheism is not believing in God. Not believing in God is easy — you can’t prove a negative, so there’s no work to do. Penn Jillette. Very thought-provoking.